The waves were surging, and Alexander stood very close to the bow of the boat and looked quietly at the sea in the distance.

This is his first time to go to sea. Every time in the past, he had a different mood, some were frustrated, some were angry, but this time it was confidence.

Gonzalo's threat to Naples had been eased. At the same time, after making the threat, Alexander also showed enough goodwill at the right time. He collected a considerable amount of military expenditure for Alexander through the Sicilian merchants, which was enough for him to do whatever he wanted in the Mediterranean for a period of time.

As for the threat to Sardinia and Corsica, Alexander had promised to revoke the order, but despite this, he did not guarantee that he would not threaten these two places again in the future.

And Alexander also clearly told Gonzalo that he would still maintain enough relationship with the French, and the purpose of doing so was to ensure that Bilishelli's exile court could obtain sufficient security.

These obvious threatening measures pointed directly at Aragon, which undoubtedly told Gonzalo that Ferdinand's conspiracy had been completely exposed, not because his army happened to come to Sicily this time, and the situation turned out like this.

Alexander was not worried about angering Gonzalo because he had already found a better target for the general.

Crete's huge temptation was enough to make Gonzalo excited. As for Naples, he didn't care about it for the time being.

Instead of being enemies with Naples, which might have formed a coalition with the French at any time and then formed a coalition, it is better to take advantage of helping the Venetians occupy Crete. This idea made Gonzalo feel that his goal of changing the expedition was not only correct or even wise, or even Ferdinand should not have made too much trouble for him.

It was of great significance to Alexander to be able to turn Naples into danger. In addition to fulfilling his promise to Ruosha, the more important thing was that he borrowed this matter and finally successfully carved a crack between the seemingly unbreakable Ferdinand and Gonzalo.

He believed that as the crack grew bigger and bigger, one day it would become the root cause of the complete break between the two people.

In order to increase the effect of this crack, Alexander also did a lot of work with Camuli and Madame Gongshen.

Mrs. Gong Xiang’s mood when facing Alexander was obviously more complicated than Camuli.

Although this person was not the culprit of her husband's death, he had a close relationship with that matter, and it was based on Gomez's death as the dividing line. It seemed that her family had gradually taken a downward path from that time, and now she even had to beg those Sicilian nobles whom she had no choice but to gain sympathy.

So when Mrs. Gong Xiang received a similarly promised funding from Alexander, her mood was extremely complicated, and the price of this money was that she had to participate in persuading Gonzalo.

As for Camuli, the sleek old man not only did not ask for any benefit from Alexander, but he had sent his grandson to Bologna in advance, which was the territory of the pope. However, no one would doubt who the acting pope's capitalist in Bologna was on the side of the side of Mahimo who had just appeared in Sicily.

As for Flomensa, in the end, did not accept Alexander's loan proposal, which seemed to have failed, but as Groghenning quietly arrived in Sicily, Alexander felt that what happened next might not be completely impossible.

Perhaps the only thing that could be said to be failed was the original purpose of this trip. The fact that saving Count Modilo was completely messed up. Although it was certain that the finger was not the Count himself, Alexander still felt annoyed when he could not find out the whereabouts of Count Modilo.

The Sicilian Brotherhood, which gradually developed over the next few hundred years, became the largest and most influential dark organization in the world. It has shown their surprising role in this era, which is probably the biggest surprise of Alexander's trip.

However, although he could not rescue the Count, Alexander was not very worried. No matter who had no news after robbing the Count, he would definitely be a little worried about the Count's safety. But after seeing that finger, he was sure that the Count was not only alive, but those people would not hurt him at least for the time being. After all, even cutting off a finger requires a substitute. It is obvious that those people attach great importance to Count Modillo.

Alexander was thinking about the gains and losses of this trip to Sicily one by one, and at the same time, a new idea had already formed in his heart.

The waves hit the hull, and the broken water splashed mischievously on Alexander's face standing next to the gang of boats. The smell was a bit fishy and salty, and a little cold. Alexander licked the corner of his mouth slightly, and then wiped off the water droplets on his face with his sleeve.

"Sir, you should... go back to the cabin..." Sher said reluctantly with a pale face against the door of the cabin. His feet kept shaking, as if he would fall down at any time. Seeing Alexander looking back, he struggled to climb onto the deck, but he shrank back twice because he couldn't use his strength.

"Sheer, it's funny how you look now," Alexander said in a mocking tone. Seeing that Scher was about to let go of the hatch and board the deck for the third time, he waved his hand to stop the Balkans, and then came to Scher by himself. "Remember never do what you can't do, that will only make you lose more than you."

As he said that, Alexander lowered his head and walked down the low cabin along the wooden ladder. Under the dim light, his eyes fell on a map that had been laid out with stones placed on a bucket.

Alexander walked to the bucket and squatted down, pulled out the map from under the stone, and his eyes fell on a corner of the map.

The map is a bit rough, which is very consistent with the unique unbalanced style of today's era. This is a Mediterranean map. To the east of the Mediterranean where the proportions are obviously inaccurate, Crete is in sight.

"Sheer, do you think Gonzalo can take Crete?" Alexander suddenly asked.

"This is not good. You know I am not a general like Gompatti," Sher was a little nervous. This was because he was worried that the master would make a wrong judgment because of his words. Seeing Alexander's encouraging look, Sher thought hard and said carefully, "Although I heard that the general is very powerful, the enemy is an Ottoman, and I think he may not win."

Alexander didn't agree with Schell's words, he just clicked on the place where Crete was marked on the map.

The Caravelle ship is undoubtedly the overlord of ocean exploration in this era, but this kind of ship is actually not suitable for the Mediterranean. In addition to the area of ​​the Mediterranean is responsible for the use of this workmanship and expensive transportation tools are a huge waste. More importantly, the huge Caravelle-shaped hull is not suitable for many places along the Mediterranean coast.

Especially after entering the Tirenian Sea, Calavell's huge hull was not as flexible and maneuverable as a sailboat. Especially in some complex areas, Calavell's ship had to avoid the hull's draught and ran aground to avoid the bottom and stranding.

This reminded Alexander that although he did not know the terrain of the Cretan Sea, he felt that the Aegean Sea might not have to be better than here.

"Gonzalo's fleet seems to be missing enough logistics ships to transport supplies." This idea made Alexander's heart move.

The way to Sicily from the port on the eastern coast of Aragon and reaching the Mediterranean was a good wind, and according to the original plan, it was closer from Sicily to Naples. Because they collected military rations completely in Naples, the Gonzalo's fleet did not carry much food except soldiers.

Once they decide to occupy Crete, the materials they have to prepare in addition to food will inevitably be several times as much as they originally planned to occupy Naples, so their ships will not be enough.

"It seems necessary to remind the French to hide all the useful ships." Alexander murmured, then put the note written next to him.

Alexander indeed admired Gonzalo. If he was so comfortable with the use of muskets by the help of foresight, then Gonzalo de Cordoba definitely relied on his extraordinary genius to discover the powerful power of the large-scale use of firearms on the battlefield and the bright prospect of replacing the status of cold weapons.

Alexander, a genius, was indeed full of admiration for such a genius, but he was not so polite to enemies with such genius ability.

Although he had just reached an agreement with Gonzalo, if he had the chance, Alexander would not mind taking the opportunity to cheat him. No matter what means he used to use, it is not guaranteed that he will take the initiative in the future. Since he had the chance, he would not let him go.

Alexander's ship arrived in Naples at noon on the third day. Calavere may not be suitable for use in the Mediterranean, but it is obviously one of the most comfortable sea travel tools of this era, at least those beds are a favor for seasick people.

Seeing the coastline of Naples from afar, Alexander narrowed his eyes slightly. He had noticed several ships on the sea that were not big but had been surveillance from afar. Although he could not see the flags on the ship clearly from too far away, Alexander could guess that it should be the patrol ships of the French on the sea.

"French." Alexander couldn't help but say in a disgusting tone. Although he said that he had no grudges with the French and had a good relationship with Charon, whether he was Ruosha's brother or her lover, Alexander had a natural resentment towards the French.

"Maybe in the near future, a war with the French will inevitably be inevitable." Alexander thought to himself.

According to his plan, once Gonzalo is directed to Sicily to temporarily resolve the crisis of being attacked from both sides, the conflict with the French will inevitably come soon.

Or even if Gonzalo still targeted Naples, Alexander knew he had to make a decision between the French and the Austrians.

He will make this decision because of the coming 1500 years.

In 1500, as the intersection of the 15th and 16th centuries, there are not many major events that will happen in this year, but one of them is something that Alexander must not ignore.

That is, a child will be born this year, his name is Charles, the future Spanish king Carlos I and the Holy Roman emperor Charles V.

Alexander did not know much about this monarch who truly unified Spain. In addition to knowing that he was the founder of the Habsburg dynasty in Spain, what impressed Alexander even more was his parents.

Juana of Castilla, and her husband, known for her appearance, the Governor of the Netherlands, and the beautiful Philip of the Duke of Vienna.

Although Charles V later proved that he was the most powerful monarch in the first half of the 16th century and that he officially started the glorious era of the Habsburgs competing for the European continent, Alexander certainly would not be worried about a child who had not yet been born.

What he cared about was that as his nominal cousin gave birth to a child, the relationship between the two kingdoms of Iberia and the Habsburgs would become closer and closer. Later, even if he could achieve the goal of winning the crown, it would probably cost a huge price to pull Spain out of the European war vortex that was deeply stirred into it.

If that is the case, it would be absolutely unbearable for him.

Think about it, just when the Europeans beat you to the death, the new world was gradually fading its mysterious veil, like a graceful beauty coming. At this time, a group of stupid and reckless men had no time to appreciate the intoxicating face of this beauty. They could only focus on letting themselves and the enemies bleed continuously until they beat the treasury one by one and it was unsustainable.

Of course, Alexander didn't want to see such a thing happen, at least he didn't want to see the future Spanish kingdom exhausted in this war, so he suddenly supported Maximian.

He needed someone to help him hold back Louis XII and his French army.

And if we don't want the future Spain to consume the rich resources that had been accumulated in this long Italian war, then the only way is to take action early and break up the relationship between them and the Habsburg family that will inevitably become more and more stable with the birth of Charles V.

"Grogenin, I hope you don't let me down." Alexander looked back at Sicily, who could not see any shadow in the distance.

At the end of October 1499, with the cold sea breeze, Alexander once again climbed the land of the port of Santa Lucia.

To avoid both parties being embarrassed, he used Qiao Er's name.

Sharlun sent people to greet him on the dock, and when they met at the palace, Sharlun even did not sit on the throne to consider his feelings.

"Earl, are your trip going smoothly?" Although I have heard a lot of reports, I am still very interested in Charleon after seeing Alexander himself.

"It should be said that it's going well," Alexander smiled at the Frenchman, "but it may be less optimistic next."

In November 1499, Montina's army was ordered to enter Northern Italy.
Chapter completed!